Touching Distance (FINE COPY OF SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTNG SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS)

London: Century, 2012. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY JAMES CRACKNELL AND BEV TURNER, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Illustrated with photographs. In October 2011 James Crachnell, two-time Olympic gold-medal rower and one of the greatest endurance athletes the world has ever known, suffered a seizure at home as his young son looked on in horror. A year earlier, as James undertook yet another endurance challenge in Arizona, he was knocked off his bike by the wing mirror of a petrol tanker. It had smashed into the back of his head at high speed, causing severe frontal lobe damage. The doctors weren'e sure if he would recover and, if he did, whether he would ever be the same again. This is an extraordinary, honest and powerful account as James and his wife Bev confront for the first time the lasting effects that the accident has had on their lives. With Index. A fine copy, in a fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY BOTH JAMES CRACKNELL AND BEV TURNER. . Signed by Both Authors. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Fine/Fine.